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The Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2009: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on September 15, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 15 September 2009364,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 15, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
364,484 km226,480 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 2009 is on Friday, September 4, 2009 at 16:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 18:44 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 12, 200902:16
New Moon (after)Friday, September 18, 200918:44

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 2009 to the new moon of September 18, 2009, a cycle of 29.36 days.